Hi! Congratulations on working to learn something new. I have a couple of recommendations for you. When you have a chance, you might want to check out
http://www.lionbrand.com/ and
http://www.ravelry.com/. Both have patterns for all experience levels and tutorials. They also have online communities and forums to ask questions and share your work on. The best part is that they are free. I am big on free, LOL!
If you have an specific issues, I would be glad to try and help. Knitting and Crocheting are my "thing".